Friday, November 21, 2008

The Family Car...or whatever

Taken in 1934 on the move from Chicago to Los Angeles,my brother, Walker, and my mother, Helen,

are standing in front of the family 1929 Nash Coupe.My brother rode in the rumble seat for the entire trip.

Here are my dad and Walker somewhere along the highway.

The roads weren't always paved in those days.

This was my cousin, Richard Morgan, posing with his Harley. This photo was taken sometime during WWII. He was deaf in one ear and couldn't get into the military so he became a Merchant Marine with which he remained for the rest of his life.

Here is my dad posing with his 1937 Nash sedan in front of our old house in the Los Feliz district of Los Angeles.

Here is Daddy in front of theChinese Theatre in Hollywood.

And here is Daddy with our 1951 Nash...AKA the yellow whale.That's my dog, Deacon peeking out the window.

In the background, on the right, is our house in

Woodland Hills that we moved to when I was 13.

This was one of the very last photos of my dad, taken on his 94th birthday in September, 1987.

Here is the only photo I have of my 1983 Subaru.This was taken the day after I rode in the 1988Solvang Century, a one-day 100 mile bike ride.

And finally, this is Carlos with his cool 1939 Chevy hot rodin front of Bob's Big Boy restaurant in Burbank, California.

When I was little my mother used to laugh that my dad always wanted photos of him by the family car. Unfortunately I bought into that and never cared about such pictures...until many years later.

Picture yourself today standing beside your new Toyota Camry or whatever it happens to be. Doesn't seem very interesting right now, does it? But 20-30 years from now it will really mean a lot. With Thanksgiving coming up next week, check over your camera to make sure the battery is charged and there's plenty of space on the memory card...or, if using film, that you have enough. Then, on that special day, get everyone together and take plenty of pictures...and don't forget to include your car...and your house...and even the street you live on. Before you know it you'll be looking back over the years at these images with fond memories.

Thank you...

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